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- TobiasParker, on 07/18/2009, -2/+13Now, journalism *is* dead.
Who do we have left? - skipvt, on 07/18/2009, -4/+15I almost barfed when Shirley Twinkletoes (AKA Katie Couric) was asked to comment on Cronkite's passing. That man was a giant, a true reporter in every sense of the word. She is a news reader, a face in front of a camera. The fact that she occupies the same chair speaks volumes about how seriously the news is reported these days.
- flossdaily, on 07/18/2009, -1/+11John Stewart and Stephen Colbert
- papashawn, on 07/18/2009, -3/+12What is it about his coverage of the Vietnam war that makes right-wingers hate him so much?
- Bullislander05, on 07/18/2009, -2/+11We need more people like him, rather than hack jobs like O'reilly, Hannity, Beck, Olbermann, and Maddow. This was a man who understood true journalism. RIP Uncle Walter.
- GhostInAShell, on 07/18/2009, -0/+8Why isn't this getting Michael Jackson coverage?
I hate everybody. - ABadPerson, on 07/18/2009, -1/+9What does being first have to do with anything in news reporting?
- talkwithtim, on 07/18/2009, -2/+9He was by far one of the greatest journalists in America. He was smart, critical and opposed the corporatization of the media.
- evergrim, on 07/18/2009, -1/+7Fun fact: He did the voice for the giant owl statue at the Bohemian Grove.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+6good evening, and goodnight.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -1/+6Where politicians dance naked around a giant owl.
- Subduction, on 07/18/2009, -2/+6Honestly, I wouldn't include Maddow in there. I think she's at least thoughtful.
- emkaysmith, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4Cronkite wasn't the "first," not even in modern times. You have to go back to Ed Murrow, who practically invented broadcast journalism. But Eric Severeid, Harry Reasoner, Charles Kuralt, Sandy Vanocur, Roger Mudd, Garrick Utley -- and now Uncle Walter. They're all gone. And who is there to replace them -- Katie Couric? Rush Limbaugh?
- emkaysmith, on 07/19/2009, -1/+4I was in VN, too, warpig. Even though I come from a three-generation career-military family, I hated the experience, I hated having to shoot people for no good reason, and when I came back and got out, I became an anti-war activist. Don't make generalizations based on your own pathological psychology. You "and your brothers," right. Not me.
- papashawn, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3Listen dude, "you had to be there" isn't an argument.
Actually, we don't have to be there. reading one or two of your comments, I can tell it's the same tired old crap that people are still spewing now, about how everything has a liberal bias, and if it wasn't for "the media" Americans would know how much muslim/communist ass we kick in every battle. If you listen to the complaints right wingers have about Iraq, it's the exact same ***** you're saying about Vietnam now. So no, I didn't have to be there. I know your perception of the situation and I don't agree with it. - Lucas123, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3I was talking about lineage. Edward R. Murrow being the first. Murrow is generally recognized as the pioneer in objective and outspoken journalism.
- alamedaman, on 07/18/2009, -1/+4did all these networks have ready-made tribute shows for him? it seemed near-instantaneous.
- flossdaily, on 07/18/2009, -2/+5Dissent is patriotic, and truthful journalism is one of the fundamental necessities of a free society.
You clearly don't understand the soul of America. You'll never be half the patriot that Cronkite was. - DocOrpheus, on 07/19/2009, -1/+4Talk about misdirected anger.
Blame policy and policy makers, but lay off Cronkite. To borrow what another digger said; the writing was on the wall: he simply had the guts to say it out loud. - talkwithtim, on 07/18/2009, -2/+5I agree Maddow is very smart and a great critical thinker. She's not spewing crazy, ill-informed junk like O'Reilly and Hannity.
- SarcasticPirate, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2Yes, North Vietnam was known for it's thriving industrial sector during the war.
/s - JustinHopewell, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3First off, It's spelled "Washington" and should be capitalized.
Poor grammar and spelling aside, though, whether you actually fought in Vietnam or not is debatable, and I'm even more doubtful that you had that cliche cinematic moment you described above. You're either a lying troll, or just an awful, hateful person. Here's a list of some of your comments for everyone else to see:
In reference to overcrowded prisons:
warpig2442: "They should just pour gas on them, and set them on fire or stop feeding them, or gas them"
And others:
warpig2442: "Really can we stop calling Katee Sackhoff aka Starbuck a female it has a chine big enough to make Leno proud , look a the bulge in the bucks crotch most likely Katee Sackhoff is a pre-op tranny."
warpig2442: "the Viet Cong killed 500 of our men we killed 200,000 the pussies had the airforce bombing telephone poles instead of factories"
warpig2442: "no I hate cops spent 25 years in jail for killing a cop"
And here's an ironic statement, but I don't expect you to understand why:
warpig2442: "1st Amendment so STFU"
Thanks for your input. - inactive, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3nobody knows what bohemian grove is
- el1981, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2Brand expert John Tantillo honors Walter Cronkite this week, explaining from a branding perspective how he became The Most Trusted Man In America. http://blog.marketingdoctor.tv/2009/07/20/john-tan ...
- flossdaily, on 07/19/2009, -2/+4#1) Kennedy, LBJ and Nixon are the ones who turned against you.
#2) The soldiers that committed atrocities are the ones that turned the public against you. The journalists exposing the un-American behavior of some soldiers were just doing the job they were supposed to do. Covering up the murder of innocent women and children is NOT the job of a free press.
#3) The soldiers that risk their lives to defend American interests deserve our gratitude and respect, but they forfeit that respect when they fail to conduct themselves with honor and human decency. - Paranor01, on 07/18/2009, -3/+5warpig... pig... yeah, you deserve your alias
Walter Cronkite was in no way responsible for your suffering. Nor did he influence policy. You are a sick person and a terrible human being for stating "his family i hope he dies in terror and pain" - gordigor, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2So will Congress pass a honorary resolution (or what ever it is called) or is that just reserved for the Kings of Pop?
- SarcasticPirate, on 07/18/2009, -1/+3"Because after the Tet offensive, when we drove the commie Viet Cong back in their nests, and we had finally taken control of Vietnam"
Somebody wasn't paying attention in history class...
The reason why the Tet Offensive was successful because a.) It showed that the Viet Cong and the NVA were not on the brink of defeat and that they had the resources and the capability to simultaneously attack every major American position in force, including the U.S. Embassy. b.) Americans had been told by the Johnson administration for years that the VC/NVA were on the verge of defeat - this was obviously not true. c.) Robert McNamara stepped down after the Tet Offensive because it bolstered his stance against the war that he had since the Kennedy Administration - he was seen by many to be the face of the war, and his leaving shook their belief in the war. d.) The death of so many American troops (1968 saw the death of 16,592 soldiers) both turned public opinion about the war and forced the Administration to call up another 48,000 draftees.
To say that Walter Cronkite is solely responsible for the decline in popular opinion about the Vietnam War is absurd. - emkaysmith, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2And you people are burying this, why?
I guess you really *aren't* old enough to remember. - ThisIsSkynet, on 07/18/2009, -3/+5I hope you're still living in terror. May your nightmares never end, you angry little piggy. :)
- dwright99, on 07/18/2009, -4/+6He wasn't outspoken about anything unless it was safe to do so. A statist government cheerleader trying to play an impartial journalist. Well anyways, rest in peace.
- emkaysmith, on 07/19/2009, -1/+2Any of you guys old enough to remember the Kennedy Assassination? I was a junior at UT-Austin, sitting in 2nd year French, when there was a commotion in the hall and someone ran in with the news. A bunch of us went down the hall to a language lab where they had a TV turned on, and got there just in time to watch Cronkite announce Kennedy's death. Then he had to take off his glasses and compose himself before he could go on. That image has stuck with me ever since. I can still hear the tremble in his voice. Almost my entire life, Walter Cronkite was synonymous with "news."
- inactive, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1well if it has anything to do with a 'hobbit' then count me stupid.
- asielen, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Well politics and the world have become so ridiculous that only comedians can make sense of any of it.
- Californication, on 07/18/2009, -3/+4If I could digg you twice, I would.
Cronkite was one of the first of many journalists to let his opinion color his journalism. His blurring of the line between fact and opinion led us to the state of journalism we have today. Perhaps because they happen to agree with his opinions, folks on the left do not understand that. See, they rail against Fox News because it has a conservative bent. Little do they seem to comprehend that CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, ABC and most of the others have a leftist bias.
To me, PBS probably offers the closest thing to actual news coverage today. Like Fox News, their bias is obvious. They operate from a liberal-left template (elected officials, government programs and taxes are good, while individualism, capitalism and wealth are bad). But once you account for that, you can consume what is certainly the most in-depth coverage of the news offered today.
I wish there were objective news reporting today. But there isn't. Just as there wasn't when Walter Cronkite was reporting. - acknotSW, on 07/18/2009, -4/+5She is biased and filled with hate, she is as bad as the others listed.
- rocknog, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1It's a shame, really. There was a time when people valued objectivity in news reporting, where what people wanted were the facts, nothing more, and to be allowed to make their own decisions.
- whatthefu, on 07/18/2009, -2/+3People always say that, but there's still quality journalism out there. The problem is that people shun it and opt instead for blogs and cable news bias, because it tells them what they want to hear. They want to be entertained, they want to be infuriated by differing opinions.
- JustinHopewell, on 07/18/2009, -0/+1This is digg; plenty of us know what Bohemian Grove is.
- TobiasParker, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Agreed. I stand corrected.
- emkaysmith, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1And you people are burying this, why?
I guess you really *aren't* old enough to remember. - inactive, on 07/25/2009, -0/+1so like another knockoff of the illuminati or free masons?
- bubbadigg, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1So, can we put the windmills in the ocean now? We don't need to worry about Cronkite's NIMBY complaints anymore.
Go renewable energy !! - evergrim, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1It's a forest glade in a redwood forest in Los Angeles where the elite of the world meet to take part in occult ceremonies like the cremation of care where they burn in infant in effigy infront of the giant owl statue, voiced by Cronkite. Alex Jones snuck in with a hidden camera and taped the event. High security, cameras attached to trees, their own special grove security team with the owl as their insignia. There are lodges scattered around the grove where different sections of the world elite then meet and mix. Not much is known about the grove and most people don't know it exists.
To see a video of the cremation of care and some hidden footage inside the grove google: Dark Secrets Inside Bohemian Grove, a documentary film by Alex Jones. - fxmulder, on 07/19/2009, -1/+2why read biased history. In country is where we learned the truth because we lived it. not some jaded history book by some 60's liberal professor. no wonder we can't get anything right anymore. wikipedia fanatics and people who were never drated into this have no idea. like al gore and his great global warming scam to become even filthier rich than he is. trust but verify. don't preach history unless you've lived it.
- fxmulder, on 07/19/2009, -1/+2by the way;you're right. It wasn't just cronkite. it was and is the same one world dictators that hand a huge hand in this.
- inactive, on 07/19/2009, -1/+2People may see this as a joke but they are literally what journalism is supposed to be. Politicians are scared of being on their shows.
- fxmulder, on 07/19/2009, -1/+2how do you know? you were born 1986 1987? if you live life by history books, you will come up short in life. it's great you have an opinion, but don't preach to a choir that built the church you were baptized in as a child. if you're under 30, you don't have the faintest idea was Vietnam was about at all. when you've served your country,come back and talk about it.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -2/+2I have never prescribed to accounts seriously. I have never heard of him, yet my heart yearns. There is a hole missing and we must take this man, to radio the way a common man did. We are all common in peace and we must take this man's deed. We are all common people yet never prescribed to radio the way a common person did and we must take in to account what this man done, yet I feel like I have heard of him. There are serious accounts and may he rest.
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